Birmingham-Southern

3-7

Southern Athletic Β· General Charles C. Krulak Stadium Β· 1,600

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LastL 6–10 at Centre Β· Sat Nov 11

Updated Tue Sep 15 Β· through week 11

Birmingham-Southern Β· 2023 schedule & results3-7Balanced slateAverage opponent win rate 53%.
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Aug 31#457#659β€”McMurry (N)W 20–191-00-0
2Sep 9#483#428β€”@HuntingdonL 0–161-10-0
3Sep 16#456#437β€”Trinity (TX)L 3–381-20-1
4Sep 23#477#663β€”@Southwestern UL 20–431-30-2
5Sep 30#515#668β€”MillsapsL 8–141-40-3
6Oct 7#575#634β€”@SewaneeW 38–322-41-3
7Oct 14#575#594β€”HendrixW 16–153-42-3
9Oct 28#575#529β€”@RhodesL 8–343-52-4
10Nov 4#596#463β€”BerryL 6–533-62-5
11Nov 11#603#516β€”@CentreL 6–103-72-6

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The Panthers of Birmingham, Alabama, whose football history reaches back to 1918 and whose Southern Athletic Association run ended when Birmingham-Southern College closed its doors on May 31, 2024.

Standard GapA program with real history whose story closed not on the field but with…

Birmingham-Southern fielded football across parts of a century and finished above .500 all-time, only for the program to vanish when the college could not survive financially.

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What it is like to watch them2023 Β· 3-7

Game feel40rock fightscombined pts / game9th highest-scoring of 9 in the Southern Athletic
Heart rate3-2white-knucklein one-score games (5 of 10)1st most one-score games of 9 in the Southern Athletic
Margin-14.9competitiveavg scoring margin7th best margin of 9 in the Southern Athletic

βœ“ measured from 10 games Β· ranks are among Southern Athletic teams the same season

Recent form Β· last 10 games

Birmingham-Southern has won two of its last five.

Cooling. 3-7 over the last 10, and lost the last three.

Streak L3Last 5 Β· 2-3Last 10 Β· 3-7

Outcome band Β· Birmingham-Southern Β· 2023

Birmingham-Southern's most likely season is 3-9 β€” mid-table finish. The floor is 1-11; the ceiling is 6-6.

Floor1-11Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base3-9Mid-table finish.
Ceiling6-6Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.

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The experience

The Panthers of Birmingham, Alabama, whose football history reaches back to 1918 and whose Southern Athletic Association run ended when Birmingham-Southern College closed its doors on May 31, 2024.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.
DIVISION III Β· THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

Birmingham-Southern sits 8th in the Southern Athletic Conference β€” outside the at-large picture β€” the path runs through the conference title.

Southern Athletic Β· 2023
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Trinity (TX)8-010-2β€”
2Berry7-19-1β€”
3Centre6-26-4β€”
4Rhodes4-46-4β€”
5Southwestern U3-53-7β€”
6Hendrix3-53-7β€”
7Sewanee2-63-7β€”
8Birmingham-Southern2-63-7β€”

Win the Southern Athletic Conference for the automatic berth into the 40-team NCAA Division III bracket. Miss it and the path is an at-large bid, selected by NPI β€” the metric the CFB Index mirrors. Six wins survive the bracket to the Stagg Bowl.

Source: CFB Zeitgeist β€” conference records + NPI-style rating from 2023 games Β· the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected
THE 2023 SEASON Β· 3-7
W 20-19 vs McMurry Β· Wk 1+1McMurryL 0-16 at Huntingdon Β· Wk 2-16HuntingdL 3-38 vs Trinity (TX) Β· Wk 3-35Trinity L 20-43 at Southwestern U Β· Wk 4-23SouthwesL 8-14 vs Millsaps Β· Wk 5-6MillsapsW 38-32 at Sewanee Β· Wk 6+6SewaneeW 16-15 vs Hendrix Β· Wk 7+1HendrixL 8-34 at Rhodes Β· Wk 9-26RhodesL 6-53 vs Berry Β· Wk 10-47BerryL 6-10 at Centre Β· Wk 11-4Centre

Signature win 38-32 over Sewanee; toughest day 6-53 against Berry.

Recruiting buzzWhat fans say about the incoming class right now.

Community pulse

No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.

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